Three Major Threats to Life on Earth That We Must Address in 2021
Three Major Threats to Life on Earth That We Must Address in 2021 Pulp Mills on a December night, Wauna, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has not been stopped because of criminal incompetence by governments. That these governments in […]
Economic and Monetary Outlook For 2021
ECONOMIC AND MONETARY OUTLOOK FOR 2021 The most important event in the new year is likely to be the Fed losing control of its iron grip on markets. The dollar’s declining trend is already well established against other currencies and commodities, leading to this outcome. Events in 2021 will be the consequence of a developing […]
Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed & Dissent Labelled Mental Illness
Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed & Dissent Labelled Mental Illness We must not downplay the price being demanded of us for this victory, writes Jonathan Cook. The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a U.S. demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send him to a U.S. super-max jail for […]
Americans Only Care About America. Their Rulers Only Care About World Domination.
Americans Only Care About America. Their Rulers Only Care About World Domination. Ever since November third the American political/media class have been keeping Democrats fixated on Trump’s post-election shenanigans with garment-rending urgency, now going so far as to call for yet another oxygen-sucking impeachment as he’s on his way out the door while millions of Americans are […]
Extreme ocean-effect snow buries parts of Japan beneath seven feet, with more coming
Extreme ocean-effect snow buries parts of Japan beneath seven feet, with more coming The nation was sandwiched in between record-breaking weather systems. The American GFS model simulates heavy snow targeting Japan during the next week. (WeatherBell) Barely two weeks after a prolific ocean-effect snowstorm dropped seven feet of snow and stranded thousands of motorists, the new […]
Civilization and its Rise and Fall
Civilization and its Rise and Fall QUESTION: Concerning 911, you said the people in Guantanamo Bay are innocent so they never bring them to trial. Was that the break which set in motion the decline of our civilization? KJ ANSWER: That is certainly possible. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was the terrorist they put on trial in New York […]
Collapse, you say?
Collapse, you say? New Bamboo 2020 Most of the writing I have done for this blog assumes that my readers are at the very least open to thinking about the collapse of our civilization, and more likely that they have already accepted it as probable and are interested in discussing the details of how it […]
Britain’s National Grid forecasts tight electricity margins for Wednesday
Britain’s National Grid forecasts tight electricity margins for Wednesday LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Grid, which is responsible for ensuring supply and demand are balanced in Britain’s energy systems, has issued a tight electricity margin notice for Wednesday afternoon and evening. In a market message, National Grid said there is a reduced margin between the […]
Waiting For the Last Dance
WAITING FOR THE LAST DANCE The Hazards of Asset Allocation in a Late-stage Major Bubble Executive Summary The long, long bull market since 2009 has finally matured into a fully-fledged epic bubble. Featuring extreme overvaluation, explosive price increases, frenzied issuance, and hysterically speculative investor behavior, I believe this event will be recorded as one of […]
Unplugged: Abandoned oil and gas wells leave the ocean floor spewing methane
Unplugged: Abandoned oil and gas wells leave the ocean floor spewing methane The Gulf of Mexico is littered with tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells, and toothless regulation leaves climate warming gas emissions unchecked. Out on the deck of a research boat, Tara Yacovitch looked out to the water. In the middle […]
Saving Farmland, Supporting Young Farmers
Saving Farmland, Supporting Young Farmers It’s a bit odd that land reform is barely mentioned in most progressive agendas. Maybe that’s because it is seen as challenging the presumed virtues of private property and capitalist markets. Yet secure access and tenure to land is essential for achieving so many progressive goals, from building new sorts […]
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange As is clear from the memoir of one of his attorneys, Michael Ratner, the ends have always justified the means for those demanding the WikiLeaks‘ publisher’s global persecution. (Original illustration for ScheerPost by Mr. Fish) Shortly after WikiLeaks released the “Iraq War Logs” in October 2010, which documented numerous […]
The Assange Extradition Ruling Is A Relief, But It Isn’t Justice
The Assange Extradition Ruling Is A Relief, But It Isn’t Justice British Judge Vanessa Baraitser has ruled against US extradition for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, but not for the reasons she should have. Baraitser’s frightening ruling supported virtually every US prosecutorial argument that was made during the extradition trial, no matter how absurd and Orwellian. This includes quoting from a long-discredited CNN report […]
Overpopulation and Climate Change: A Seat At the Table
Overpopulation and Climate Change: A Seat At the Table
